Billy Magnussen (“Street Home,” “Lilo & Sew”), Ella Purnell (“Fallout,” “Yellowjackets”) and Ariana Greenblatt (“Barbie,” “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”) are set to star within the upcoming serial killer teen comedy “Sizzling Ted” directed by SNL alumni Hannah Levy of their function directorial debut.
Protagonist Pictures, led by CEO Dave Bishop, is launching worldwide gross sales on the upcoming Cannes Movie Market.
“Sizzling Ted” follows true-crime podcast fanatic Zoe (Greenblatt), who’s unwillingly despatched to Shady Pines Camp for the summer season by her mother and father. When camp counsellor Liz doesn’t arrive for breakfast in the future, counsellor Amy (Purnell) tells everybody she’s needed to go away for a “household emergency.” However Liz doesn’t purchase it, and is satisfied fellow counsellor Ted (Magnussen) is behind Liz’s disappearance. As per the synopsis, “Ted’s bought all of the hallmarks of a traditional serial killer: he’s not on social media, and he owns a van. The one hassle is, he’s too scorching to be a assassin. It’s as much as Zoe and her mates to research the reality: is Sizzling Ted actually a serial killer or is he simply, like… the right man?”
“Sizzling Ted” is produced by Magnussen, Shane Andries and Anne Hollister for HappyBad Bungalow (“Coup!”) and Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun for Mucho Mas Media (“Rosario,” “The Lengthy Recreation”) and Purnell (marking her second serial killer starring/producing position after Sky/Starz collection “Sweetpea,”). Morgan Cano-Lengthy and Robert Muñoz will govt produce for Mucho Mas. Protagonist’s Bishop, James Pugh and George Hamilton function govt producers. The script is penned by Grace McLeod.
“’Sizzling Ted’ is a psychosexual thriller as imagined by virgins. ‘Imply Women’ meets ‘American Psycho,’” stated director Levy. “That is the film I’ve been dreaming to make — a reinvention of the camp comedy that speaks to being a youngster proper now and all the time.”
“HappyBad Bungalow is all about uplifting unique, inspiring artists,” added Magnussen. “We couldn’t be extra fired as much as again the razor-sharp voices of Grace McLeod and Hannah Levy on this refreshing venture!”
A seasoned director of “Saturday Night time Stay,” Levy started their profession at The Onion and Humorous or Die, the manufacturing studio based by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Levy has additionally directed episodes of the Emmy-winning collection “John Mulaney Presents: All people’s in LA,” and written for the hit Comedy Central collection “Alternatino,” and Netflix’s “Murderville.” At SNL, they labored on iconic digital shorts, directing hosts together with Billie Eilish, Daniel Craig, and Kim Kardashian in viral sketches.
McLeod is a queer playwright and screenwriter from New York Metropolis whose work makes use of irreverent humor to sort out social truths. Her queer coming-of-age play “Herland” acquired a Nationwide New Play Community Rolling World Premiere in 2019, with productions in Chicago, San Diego, and Los Angeles. As a playwright, McLeod has labored with The Playwrights Realm, No Ensures Productions, Goodman Theatre, Ashland New Performs Competition, IAMA Theatre Firm, and lots of extra.
“It doesn’t get brisker than this — sharp, hilarious, and a wildly unique spin on the style,” added Bishop. “Sizzling Ted nails that chaotic, cringey second when childhood fades and maturity crashes in. With a killer solid led by Billy, Ariana, and Ella, this one’s bought ‘immediate traditional’ written throughout it.”
Magnussen is repped by UTA, Nameless Content material, and Sloane, Supply, Weber & Dern; Purnell is repped by Curtis Brown Group, WME Leisure, Vary Media Companions, Shelter PR, and Sloane, Supply, Weber, & Dern; Greenblatt is repped by Paradigm Expertise Company, Mosaic, imPRint and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Pattern & Klein; Levy is repped by Artists First and Ziffren Brittenham; McLeod is repped by Artists First and Gersh.
